Coming into this season as a relatively unknown, the rise of Toledo running back Kareem Hunt has been stellar. Playing at a smaller FBS school, it is rare that you hear about prospects early on in their careers.
Entering the 2016 season, Leonard Fournette, Dalvin Cook and Christian McCaffrey received a lot of the praise, which was expected considering the seasons that they were coming off of. As the year proceeded, many talent evaluators began to notice that this upcoming crop of running backs was extremely deep.
What you noticed is that many other names besides the “big three” began to surface.